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Samsung Electronics forecasts record quarterly profit of ~$12B in Q2, up 72% year-over-year — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip prices helped widen margins.
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Waymo drops 3 of 4 patent infringement claims against Uber, says Uber no longer uses infringing tech; bulk of the case related to trade secrets theft remains — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car division, dropped three of four patent infringement claims in its lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc …
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Qualcomm asks US ITC to ban imports of certain iPhone models using Intel components due to infringement of 6 patents that it claims are not standard-essential — Chipmaker claims infringement by some models and seeks ‘cease and desist’ order — Read next
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Source: Jawbone to be liquidated, as founder Hosain Rahman moves to his new startup, Jawbone Health Hub, providing health-related hardware and software services — Jawbone, the consumer electronics firm once valued at $3 billion, is going out of business. The company has begun liquidation proceedings …
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Comma.ai announces Panda, an $88 OBDII dongle that records car performance data, cloud dashcam app Chffr, and Cabana software to interpret collected data — George Hotz, aka geohot, is fidgeting in his living room, wearing dark shades and a giant comma on his t-shirt as he shows … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Dark web market AlphaBay down since Tuesday, prompting fears of law enforcement action or theft of user funds; admins claim the site is down for maintenance — SAN FRANCISCO — The largest online black market for drugs, AlphaBay, has been down for nearly two days, raising questions about whether …
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Facebook proposes Willow Campus, “mixed-use village” expansion to its Menlo Park campus with office buildings, housing, retail space, and a grocery store — The proposed village includes offices, home, a grocery store, and parks and plazas — MENLO PARK — Aiming …
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Amazon Prime now has 85M US subscribers, up 35% YoY and double two years ago, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners study finds — Amazon continues to add more Prime members who end up spending more with the site, on average, than regular customers. — The latest analysis … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Xiaomi shipped 23.16M smartphones in Q2 2017, up 70% from Q1, says CEO in letter to employees; sales in India increased 328% YoY in first six months of the year — After a rough 2016 during which Xiaomi stopped disclosing data about smartphone shipments, the company today revealed numbers … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Interviews reveal a slow start for Apple's bug bounty program as some feel financial rewards are too small or reporting bugs would prevent research — In August 2016, Apple's head of security Ivan Krstic stole the show at one of the biggest security conferences in the world with an unexpected announcement.
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A look at the changing fortunes of LeEco CEO Jia Yueting, who recently had $181M in assets and $2B in shares frozen and had to step back from his firm — Jia Yueting likes to say that Apple is outdated, China's big tech companies are innovation killers and his company is the real disrupter.
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